Cory Grant Concrete the expert concrete contractors in Queensland, Australia. It provides a remarkable decorative or stamped concrete solutions whether residential, civil and commercial concreting.
Learn more at:http://www.corygrantconcrete.com.au/
Have opened the UK’s first custom built decorative concrete training facility and showroom. Everyone is welcome to visit any time or join us on one of our training events.
Ideal Work Elite Crete Unit 1
Bridgeside Business Centre,
Lingard Lane,
Bredbury,
Stockport,
SK6 2QT.
I am new to this forum. I own a small decorative concrete company in the United States, Gore Design Co. ( http://www.goredesignco.com ). In addition to custom fabrication, I also conduct GFRC (or GRC) concrete countertop and sink training, as well as sell training DVD's and sink moulds ( http://www.GFRCworkshop.com ).
We receive a lot of traffic to our website from the UK, and have been considering conducting a countertop and sink workshop in the UK. I am looking to gauge interest as well as see if I can find a good location to hold the workshop. Any suggestions or input would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Brandon Gore
brandon@goredesignco.com
Last edited on Tue Sep 29th, 2009 01:51 am by goredesignco
We are pleased to announce the long awaited joint venture between Ideal Work and Elite Crete UK, July 1st was the official singing of the contract between the two companies. Bob and Sheila Ingham will continue to run the UK business with the help and support of John Anderson form Ideal Work.
Interesting times lay ahead for everyone in the industry. Ideal Work Elite Crete will be introducing new innovative products and systems along with professionalism and support that Europe has come to expect from Ideal Work.
Customer relations, technical support, training and architectural promotion are our top priorities for the UK market. Creating a wider and better understanding of decorative concrete will help to develop the industry for everyone involved.
During the next few weeks the focus is to build our state of the art training facility, showroom and distribution warehouse. The facility will be used for demos, training and education for contractors, architects and designers. Our clients are also welcome to invite homeowners to come and view the showroom. The grand opening of the new location will be early September
A new website is also being made that will host information, videos and pictures for decorative concrete promotion and support. Until this site is ready use our two existing sites: http://www.elitecrete.co.uk and http://www.idealwork.com
Greencrete is hosting a two day course on PICS Wall Crete system on the 24th and 25th of March with a polished concrete worktop course the following week beginning on the 30th. The worktop course is a 5 day event.
Each of these training opportunities will be repeated in May and a few other dates for the remainder of 2009 will be available shortly.
In April we are rolling out a new bagged worktop mix which we are very excited about.
And later in the year we have a 5 day course on glass fibre reinforced concrete.
Would love to see some new faces..........of course we love the regulars as well so no need to get out of sorts fellas.
Please let us know if we can provide any additional information.
We are pleased to announce that Ideal Work will be introducing the “New Stamp Line” by Paladiano.
Bob Harris and John Anderson have spent the past 2 years developing these new stamping tools with natural textures from many European countries. Each of the new designs give a very natural and real texture.
This new line of tools will be launched at World of Concrete February 2009 at the Solomon Brickform booth in the outdoor arena.
Bob Harris and John Anderson will be holding an afterhour’s cocktail party to demonstrate and present the tools. This event will be held on Thursday 5th February at an offsite location in Las Vegas. If you would like to attend this private event please send your details to: info@idealworkeurope.com
Watch out for the up and coming news related to the UK and Ideal Work also some new innovative ideas from Bobby Harris and John Anderson.
Ideal Work is the exclusive partner for Brickform outside of the USA so for anyone who needs original Brickform tools get in touch with Ideal Work.
Due to the success of the International Conferences held in 2008, Ideal Work will be announcing a complete schedule of events for 2009 with some interesting new products, tools, equipment and special guest instructors.
This workshop will provide you with all of the skills necessary to design, install, finish and seal a number of decorative flooring applications for interior or exterior use.
This will be a hands-on workshop. All students will be encouraged to bring their best ideas and get their hands dirty. Learn a number Decorative Concrete Flooring in this four day seminar with a fifth day focusing on vertical wall applications.
Instructors will cover the following;
Proper ground and floor preparation
Flooring design-how to provide your customers with a bespoke finish
Mixing, installing and finishing self leveling overlays
Mixing, installing and finishing thin set and thicker set overlays
Stencil Crete applications for floors and walls
Stamping, colouring, staining, scoring and etching
Laying and polishing finished concrete floors or overlays
Water based stains versus acid based stains
Edge forms and details for concrete pours and overlays
Stripping, staining and resealing warn or damaged PICS projects or pavers
Installing overlays over existing stamped projects
Installing overlays over wood plank floors
Sealing– what to use when and why not to use the same product every time
Pigmentable sealers
Vertical stamp projects– taking overlays to new heights
Class fees to include refreshments, snacks and lunch each day and all materials for each of the above examples
After class support to include technical guidance, estimating options, marketing
Assistance, supply of samples and rental of equipment
Class size limited to 8 students to ensure hands-on learning and adequate question and answer sessions
Cost for 5 day training £750.00 per person
Greencrete Limited
01373 83 66 22
Last edited on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 12:07 pm by greencrete
This workshop will provide you with all of the skills necessary to design, fabricate, seal & install concrete countertops.
This will be a hands-on workshop. All students will be encouraged to bring their best ideas and get their hands dirty. Students will design, template, build forms, create mixes and pour, cast, cure, seal and finish a professional-grade concrete worktop to take home.
Instructors will cover the following;
Designing a concrete piece
Building a template
Forming the mould
Concrete mix design, pigments and aggregate choices
Choosing the right materials for templating, mould making and specific mixes
Placement techniques for different mixes
Slab polishing, sealing and finishing of ground and unground finish pieces
Best choices for finishing equipment
Hands on equipment demos and use throughout the class
Slab transportation
Installation
Business Building Strategies to include advertising, working with architects and kitchen shops, costing, estimating, controlling expenses, turning waste into profit.
Class fees to include refreshments, snacks and lunch each day, all materials for completion of individual polished concrete piece and the use of all necessary finishing equipment
After class support to include technical guidance, estimating options, marketing assistance, supply of samples and rental of polishing equipment
Class size limited to 8 students to ensure hands-on learning and adequate question and answer sessions
Cost for 5 day training £950.00 per person
Greencrete Limited
01373 83 66 22
Last edited on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 10:21 am by greencrete
